The Maharashtra Home Department on Thursday gave its nod to an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) probe into the role of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, State NCP chief Sunil Tatkare and officials from the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (KIDC) in the multi-crore irrigation scam. The development comes just a month before the State goes to the polls. “The file has now been forwarded to the Chief Secretary’s office, which will in turn send it to the Chief Minister for final approval,” a senior Home Department official told

Last month, the agency had written to the government seeking sanction to conduct an open inquiry after activist Pravin Wategaonkar wrote to the Home Department alleging that irrigation project tenders were awarded arbitrarily.

The activist named several people who were in charge of the Water Resources Department when the contracts were awarded in alleged violation of norms. “Prima facie, the evidence submitted to the department merits an inquiry. The complainant has incorporated the findings of the Chitale Committee and the report prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG),” the official said.


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